The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 2 - 3 FOREST - Sun Dec 28, 1997 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sun Dec 28, 1997 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Maine Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Evening Herald (Dublin) - Monday 29 December 1997
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)

Season:: 1997-98
Referee:: Alan Wiley
Sponsor:: Pinnacle
Attendance:: 31,839
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Charlton Athletic (FA Cup)
League:: Port Vale
Manchester City:: Aug 30, 1999

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3803 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1570 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 4387 (of 5724)
Total:: 5983 (of 7505)
Played:: 26 years, 3 months, 28 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Dave Bassett
Prior form: DWDLWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Pierre van Hooijdonk (31') (Pen)
Kevin Campbell (50')
Pierre van Hooijdonk (53') (Pen)

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Frank Clark
Prior form: LWLLWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Murtaz Shelia (56')
Paul Dickov (77')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
	GK	38	Dave Beasant
	D	26	Des Lyttle
	D	30	Colin Cooper 0
	D	29	Steve Chettle
	D	20	Alan Rogers
	M	26	Steve Stone
	M	23	Andy Johnson off for Craig Armstrong (86')
	M	26	Scot Gemmill
	F	30	Ian Woan 0 off for Thierry Bonalair (41')
	F	27	Kevin Campbell (50')
	F	28	Pierre van Hooijdonk (31') (53')
Subs
	D	22	Craig Armstrong on for Andy Johnson (86')
	M	31	Thierry Bonalair on for Ian Woan (41')
	M	25	Jon Olav Hjelde

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
	GK	Tommy Wright
	D	Murtaz Shelia
	D	Gerard Wiekens
	D	Ian Brightwell
	D	Tony Vaughan (46')
	M	Ged Brannan
	M	Michael Brown (73')
	M	Giorgi Kinkladze
	M	Craig Russell
	F	Paul Dickov
	F	Uwe Rosler
Subs
		Jason Van Blerk (46')
		Tony Scully (73')
		Jeff Whitley

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sun Dec 28, 1997)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	0-0	Tranmere Rovers
Bradford City	1-1	Huddersfield Town
Bury	1-1	Crewe Alexandra
Manchester City	2-3	Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough	3-1	Stockport County
Oxford United	1-1	Sunderland
Port Vale	0-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Queens Park Rangers	1-1	Reading
Sheffield United	4-1	Charlton Athletic
Swindon Town	0-2	Ipswich Town
West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Stoke City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	LEAGUE DIVISION ONE								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Middlesbrough	24	14	6	4	40	19	7	2	2	20	7	7	4	2	20	12	21	48	WDWWLW
	2	Nottingham Forest	24	14	6	4	40	21	10	2	1	30	12	4	4	3	10	9	19	48	DWDLWW
	3	Charlton Athletic	24	13	5	6	45	30	9	2	1	26	13	4	3	5	19	17	15	44	WLWWWW
	4	Sheffield United	24	11	10	3	36	24	8	3	0	21	9	3	7	3	15	15	12	43	WLLWDD
	5	Sunderland	23	12	6	5	37	21	6	4	2	19	8	6	2	3	18	13	16	42	DWWWWW
	6	West Bromwich Albion	24	12	4	8	26	23	8	1	3	13	8	4	3	5	13	15	3	40	LLWLLL
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	11	6	7	30	26	8	4	0	22	11	3	2	7	8	15	4	39	WWLWDW
	8	Stockport County	24	11	5	8	42	32	8	4	0	27	11	3	1	8	15	21	10	38	WWLWLW
	9	Swindon Town	24	11	5	8	32	34	8	3	1	23	10	3	2	7	9	24	-2	38	LLWLDL
	10	Birmingham City	24	9	8	7	25	19	5	3	3	12	7	4	5	4	13	12	6	35	LWWWDW
	11	Bradford City	24	8	9	7	22	24	6	4	2	13	11	2	5	5	9	13	-2	33	LWDWLL
	12	Queens Park Rangers	24	8	6	10	29	39	6	4	2	15	10	2	2	8	14	29	-10	30	LDLLWL
	13	Norwich City	24	8	6	10	24	34	4	4	4	11	17	4	2	6	13	17	-10	30	LDWWDL
	14	Stoke City	24	7	7	10	26	32	4	3	4	15	14	3	4	6	11	18	-6	28	LLLLDD
	15	Reading	24	7	7	10	23	36	5	3	5	18	19	2	4	5	5	17	-13	28	LWWLDW
	16	Ipswich Town	23	6	9	8	27	26	4	3	4	13	12	2	6	4	14	14	1	27	LDDWWL
	17	Oxford United	24	7	5	12	29	34	5	3	3	15	11	2	2	9	14	23	-5	26	LWLWWL
	18	Port Vale	24	7	5	12	26	33	4	4	4	14	11	3	1	8	12	22	-7	26	DLLLLL
	19	Crewe Alexandra	24	7	3	14	27	39	3	2	8	13	23	4	1	6	14	16	-12	24	LLLWLW
	20	Manchester City	24	6	6	12	26	28	4	3	5	16	11	2	3	7	10	17	-2	24	LWLLWL
	21	Portsmouth	23	6	5	12	29	37	5	2	6	20	22	1	3	6	9	15	-8	23	LWWLLW
	22	Tranmere Rovers	23	6	5	12	28	34	5	3	4	18	14	1	2	8	10	20	-6	23	WLDLLD
	23	Huddersfield Town	24	6	5	13	24	38	3	3	6	11	16	3	2	7	13	22	-14	23	LWWLWL
	24	Bury	24	4	11	9	22	32	3	6	3	11	12	1	5	6	11	20	-10	23	DLLLDD

Table after:

	LEAGUE DIVISION ONE								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Middlesbrough	25	15	6	4	43	20	8	2	2	23	8	7	4	2	20	12	23	51	DWWLWW		3-1
	2	Nottingham Forest	25	15	6	4	43	23	10	2	1	30	12	5	4	3	13	11	20	51	WDLWWW		3-2
1	3	Sheffield United	25	12	10	3	40	25	9	3	0	25	10	3	7	3	15	15	15	46	LLWDDW		4-1
1	4	Charlton Athletic	25	13	5	7	46	34	9	2	1	26	13	4	3	6	20	21	12	44	LWWWWL		1-4
	5	Sunderland	24	12	7	5	38	22	6	4	2	19	8	6	3	3	19	14	16	43	WWWWWD		1-1
1	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	12	6	7	32	26	8	4	0	22	11	4	2	7	10	15	6	42	WLWDWW		2-0
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	25	12	5	8	27	24	8	2	3	14	9	4	3	5	13	15	3	41	LWLLLD		1-1
	8	Stockport County	25	11	5	9	43	35	8	4	0	27	11	3	1	9	16	24	8	38	WLWLWL		1-3
	9	Swindon Town	25	11	5	9	32	36	8	3	2	23	12	3	2	7	9	24	-4	38	LWLDLL		0-2
	10	Birmingham City	25	9	9	7	25	19	5	4	3	12	7	4	5	4	13	12	6	36	WWWDWD		0-0
	11	Bradford City	25	8	10	7	23	25	6	5	2	14	12	2	5	5	9	13	-2	34	WDWLLD		1-1
	12	Queens Park Rangers	25	8	7	10	30	40	6	5	2	16	11	2	2	8	14	29	-10	31	DLLWLD		1-1
3	13	Ipswich Town	24	7	9	8	29	26	4	3	4	13	12	3	6	4	16	14	3	30	DDWWLW		2-0
1	14	Norwich City	24	8	6	10	24	34	4	4	4	11	17	4	2	6	13	17	-10	30	LDWWDL
1	15	Stoke City	25	7	8	10	27	33	4	3	4	15	14	3	5	6	12	19	-6	29	LLLDDD		1-1
1	16	Reading	25	7	8	10	24	37	5	3	5	18	19	2	5	5	6	18	-13	29	WWLDWD		1-1
	17	Oxford United	25	7	6	12	30	35	5	4	3	16	12	2	2	9	14	23	-5	27	WLWWLD		1-1
	18	Port Vale	25	7	5	13	26	35	4	4	5	14	13	3	1	8	12	22	-9	26	LLLLLL		0-2
	19	Crewe Alexandra	25	7	4	14	28	40	3	2	8	13	23	4	2	6	15	17	-12	25	LLWLWD		1-1
	20	Manchester City	25	6	6	13	28	31	4	3	6	18	14	2	3	7	10	17	-3	24	WLLWLL		2-3
1	21	Tranmere Rovers	24	6	6	12	28	34	5	3	4	18	14	1	3	8	10	20	-6	24	LDLLDD		0-0
1	22	Huddersfield Town	25	6	6	13	25	39	3	3	6	11	16	3	3	7	14	23	-14	24	WWLWLD		1-1
1	23	Bury	25	4	12	9	23	33	3	7	3	12	13	1	5	6	11	20	-10	24	LLLDDD		1-1
3	24	Portsmouth	23	6	5	12	29	37	5	2	6	20	22	1	3	6	9	15	-8	23	LWWLLW